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Mimas & Herschel Crater Target Name:   Mimas Spacecraft:   Voyager Produced by:   Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright:  © 1999 by Calvin J. Hamilton Date Released:  2 December 1999 (Publisher Permission Request) Related Document Mimas, A Moon of Saturn Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size mimas2.gif GIF 456 x 476 55K This image of Mimas was acquired by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on November 11, 1980 from a range of 425,000 kilometers (264,000 miles). The large crater on the right limb is named Herschel. It is 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and one-third the diameter of Mimas. Herschel is 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, with a central mountain almost as high as Mount Everest on Earth. This impact probably came close to disintegrating the moon. This image is Copyright © by Calvin J. Hamilton. Any commercial/for-profit use of this image needs to be addressed to Calvin J. Hamilton.

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